Tag-hook.



F. G. SHUMAN.

TAG HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. I916.

1,204: 503; Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Witnesses Inventor ijzmmkz Attorneys FRANK G. SHUMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TAG-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed April 6, 1916. Serial No. 89,435.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK G. SHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tag-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a tag fastener, and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby, when a reverse sliding movement is imparted to the fastener, the holding prong will of a certainty be engaged with the material, the construction being such that the holding prong is so disposed that it will not project laterally at its point and tear the hand of a person manipulating the article wherewith the fastener is assembled; the foregoing results being brought about by putting a curve into the holding prong, to throw the point of the holding prong against the entering prong, and to define an incline along which the material is adapted to travel when a reverse sliding movement is imparted to the fastener.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in vention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view, wherein one application of the fastener is shown; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing one form of fastener embodying the present invention; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an elevation showing a modified form of the invention; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a further modification in the invention; Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is an elevation in which a modified form of the invention appears; and Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of' Fig. 8.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, there appears 4 ing in opposite directions. The holding prong 5 bears on the entering prong 4 as shown at 6, adjacent one end 7 of the head 3 and is curved as shown at 8 away from the entering prong 4 to bring the point 9 of the holding prong 5 against the entering prong 4, and to define, in the holding prong 5, an incline 10 along which the material 2 is adapted to travel when a reverse sliding movement is imparted to the fastener.

The numeral 1 indicates a tag carried by the fastener, when the fastener is employed as a tag holding element.

Inpractical operation, the entering prong 4 is first inserted into the material, and, upon a reverse sliding movement, the point 9 of the holding prong 5 enters the material, the same sliding upwardly along the incline 10. It will be seen that the present invention provides a novel means whereby the article or material 2 will of a certainty be engaged with the holding prong 5, the construction at the same time being such that the point 9 of the holding prong is so disposed that the hand of a person manipulat ing the article wherewith the present fastener is assembled, will not be torn.

In Figs. 4 and 5, a modified form of the invention is shown, the reference numerals being the same as those previously employed, with the suffix a. In this form of the invention, the curve 8 projects laterally from the entering prong 4 and at right angles to the plane defined by the head 3*, instead of lying in a common plane with the head 3*, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, numerals previously used are employed, with the suffix b. This form of the invention is essentially like that form shown in Fig. 2, the only difierence being that the head 3 has rounded ends, there being a slight angle 11 in the entering prong 4 adjacent the point 6 where holding prong 5 bears against the entering prong.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings, the'head 3 is of the form shown in Fig. 6, the curve 8 in the holding prong 5 being laterally disposed, like the curve 8 of Figs. 4 and 5.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A tag fastener fashioned from a single piece of resilient material, the intermediate portion of which is bent to form a loopshaped head, the ends of the piece of material forming, respectively, an entering prong and a holding prong projecting in opposite directions, the entering prong being an extension of one side of the head and being prolonged beyond the area of the head, the

' holding prong extending back along said side of the head, the shank and the point of the holding prong being in contact with said side of the head, and the portion of the holding prong between the point and the EDW. C. LONG, EDWARD VANA.

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